Kevin Bushweller is an award-winning assistant managing editor for edweek.org and executive editor of Education Week's Digital Directions; Katie Ash is a reporter-researcher for Education Week. Kevin and Katie are particularly interested in tackling the question: What works, and what doesn't work, to motivate students to do better in school?

Race-Conscious or Colorblind?

When should educators take race into account when running schools and when should they remain colorblind? Debra Viadero tackles this question in a recent Education Week article, "Teachers Advised to 'Get Real' on Race."

No matter how busy you are this week, it's worth taking the time to read this article. The implications it has for student motivation-related issues are huge.

And it's also a topic worthy of a discussion among readers of this blog. So read the article and then let's get a conversation going regarding the question: Should educators be race-conscious or colorblind?

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